diff --git a/src/embedding/chunk_ids.rs b/src/embedding/chunk_ids.rs
index 4214b03..629a2a4 100644
--- a/src/embedding/chunk_ids.rs
+++ b/src/embedding/chunk_ids.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ pub fn encode_rowid(document_id: i64, chunk_index: i64) -> i64 {
 }
 
 pub fn decode_rowid(rowid: i64) -> (i64, i64) {
+    debug_assert!(
+        rowid >= 0,
+        "decode_rowid called with negative rowid: {rowid}"
+    );
     let document_id = rowid / CHUNK_ROWID_MULTIPLIER;
     let chunk_index = rowid % CHUNK_ROWID_MULTIPLIER;
     (document_id, chunk_index)
diff --git a/src/search/vector.rs b/src/search/vector.rs
index bb09ec8..b7de7e9 100644
--- a/src/search/vector.rs
+++ b/src/search/vector.rs
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ pub fn search_vector(
         .collect();
 
     let max_chunks = max_chunks_per_document(conn).max(1);
-    let multiplier = ((max_chunks.unsigned_abs() as usize * 3 / 2) + 1).max(8);
-    let k = limit * multiplier;
+    let multiplier = ((max_chunks.unsigned_abs() as usize * 3 / 2) + 1).clamp(8, 200);
+    let k = (limit * multiplier).min(10_000);
 
     let mut stmt = conn.prepare(
         "SELECT rowid, distance